Author: John Smith

– Beardbrand was founded in 2012 and has seen a rise in popularity in beards and facial hair styles.
– Over the past decade, facial hair policies have become more relaxed, allowing more men to grow beards.
– 2023 is predicted to be a new facial hair renaissance with a variety of beard and mustache styles rising in popularity.
– Beards are not going away in 2023.
– Short beard styles are popular, including the 5 o’clock shadow and the scruffy beard.
– The 5 o’clock shadow is a short beard that takes around two to five days to grow.
– The scruffy beard is a slightly longer variation of the 5 o’clock shadow and requires two to four weeks of growth.
– The scruffy beard can be itchy but can be kept soft with conditioning products like Utility Balm.
– The corporate beard is close-cropped at around two to three inches.
– The corporate beard requires regular grooming and trimming.
– On average, there are 30,000 beard hairs on a man’s face.
– A rounded beard is a short beard option that follows the natural curve of the face.
– A short boxed beard is an angular variation of the corporate beard with more length around the chin.
– The short boxed beard creates sharper edges and accentuates the jawline.
– The faded beard involves a skin fade on the sideburns and face/cheek, slimming the silhouette of the face.
– The faded beard looks best when the beard is around three to six inches in length.
– The Hollywoodian style draws attention to the jaw and chin by lowering the cheek lines.
– The Verdi style includes a handlebar mustache and a three to four-inch beard.
– The Verdi style takes four to eight months of beard growth to achieve.
– The corona beard is a natural, gnarly, and low-maintenance style that became popular in 2020 during the pandemic.
– Long beard styles require at least six inches of growth, which takes a year or more to achieve.
– Hair grows at an average rate of half an inch per month.
– Longer beards can be more difficult to maintain and may experience breakage and split ends.
– Growing a long beard is recommended at least once in a person’s life.
– Power beards are between four and six inches in length and are considered a badass beard style.
– Power beards can have straight, wavy, or curly hair.
– Advanced beard styling techniques are important for maintaining a power beard.
– Power beards can be paired with a walrus mustache or a neatly trimmed mustache.
– Trimming the bottom of the beard into a spade shape can create a defined jawline.
– A yeard is a beard that has been left to grow for a full year, resulting in a six-inch beard.
– A tweard is a beard that has been left to grow for at least two years, resulting in a 12-inch beard.
– A terminal beard is the maximum length a beard can grow after six years of full growth.
– The terminal length of a beard is around 36 inches, but it varies for each person depending on genetics.
– The longest male beard on record was 17.5 feet long.
– The Bandholz beard style is named after Beardbrand founder, Eric Bandholz, and it refers to a yeard (a full year of growth) without trimming or shaping.
– Eric Bandholz started Beardbrand in 2012 to unite beardsmen, shift public perception, and provide grooming products and inspiration.
– Partial beard styles include the yeard, goatee, mustache, and soul patch.
– The chevron mustache is growing in popularity and is a natural style that requires minimal grooming. It follows the upper lip shape and has a slight upside-down V shape.
– The Hungarian Mustache is highlighted as a popular style inspired by early 20th-century European leaders and the American wild west.
– The Beardstache is a combination of a full mustache and stubble, considered cool and edgy.
– The Pencil Mustache is recommended for those with dark hair and not fair skin.
– The Patchy Beard is described as a cool style where the key is to accentuate the parts of the beard that grow, while keeping the patchy sections short.
– Mutton chops are mentioned as having potential for a comeback, with examples of Hugh Jackman and soccer stars like Andy Carrol sporting it.
– Different beard styles are suggested for different face shapes (oval, oblong/rectangle, round, square, diamond, and triangle).